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Imagine the intensity of David\u2019s disappointment. Having defeated his enemies, he turns to the prophet Nathan, requesting that he merit to build a permanent home for God, a Temple. God speaks to Nathan that very night, and responds favorably to David\u2019s request. Indeed, God explains, David has merited that his son will build the Temple. Wait a minute. David\u2019s son, not David himself, will merit to build the house of God? We would anticipate that Davd would respond with intense disappointment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After all, not only did David make a request of the prophet to this effect, but Psalms teaches us that David suffered countless sleepless nights until he would finally be able to build the Temple:<\/span><\/p>\n

A song of ascents. O Lord, remember in David\u2019s favor his extreme self-denial,<\/span>
\n<\/span>how he swore to the Lord, vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cI will not enter my house, nor will I mount my bed,<\/span>
\n<\/span>I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids<\/span>
\n<\/span>until I find a place for the Lord, an abode for the Mighty One of Jacob.\u201d (132:1-5)<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite his sleeplessness, David somehow is comforted by the prophet\u2019s report. Why? The precise words of Nathan give us a clear answer:<\/span><\/p>\n

When your days are done and you lie with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own issue, and I will establish his kingship.<\/span>
\n<\/span>He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish his royal throne forever.<\/span>
\n<\/span>I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to Me. When he does wrong, I will chastise him with the rod of men and the affliction of mortals;<\/span>
\n<\/span>but I will never withdraw My favor from him as I withdrew it from Saul, whom I removed to make room for you.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Your house and your kingship shall ever be secure before you; your throne shall be established forever.\u201d (v. 13-16)<\/span><\/p>\n

David did not desire to build the Temple himself. More important to him was the eventual success of his family dynasty, particularly their association with God and His Temple. If David\u2019s son was to build the Temple, and his family line would be secure, nothing would make David more happy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ironically David\u2019s success resulted from his lack of self-interest. His ultimate allegiances were to his family and, above all, to God. If through David\u2019s line the honor of God would be fully restored, even if David himself had no direct hand in that process, nothing could be a greater source of joy for the servant of God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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